Good Morning! It's Nothing Can Hold You Back Tuesday. Read Psalm 92:12. Have you ever seen a palm tree in the midst of a great storm? Unlike most other trees, the palm tree is able to bend so it will not break. A certain kind of palm can bend over until the top is almost touching the ground, but when the wind finally stops, it bounces right back up. What’s interesting is that while that palm tree is bent over under the pressure of the damaging winds, it’s being pushed and stretched, strengthening the root system and giving it new opportunities for growth. The reason God said we’d flourish like a palm tree is because He knew there would be difficult times. He knew things would come against us to try to steal our joy and victory. God said, “You’re going to be like a palm tree because after the storms of life blow, you’re going to be stronger, healthier, wiser, better off, and ready for new growth.” God never brings you out the same. He makes the enemy pay for bringing the times of darkness and trouble. What’s meant for your harm He’s going to use to your advantage. It’s not going to break you; it’s going to strengthen you. You’re not only going to still be standing; you’re going to be standing stronger.

PRAYER FOR TODAY:
Father in heaven, thank You for making me strong in You. I trust that You are working in my life, even in the midst of the storms. I know You will bring me out stronger, wiser and better off than ever before in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Good Morning! It's Prayer Changes Everything Thursday. Read Hebrews 4:16. Only God can move a mountain, but prayer and faith moves God! It’s our communication with our heavenly Father that sustains us on this difficult journey of life, and thankfully, we don’t have to travel this road alone. God has given us a direct line to His throne room—day or night. He hears us when we pray and responds to the cries of His children. Pray believing! Pray sincerely! Pray with complete devotion to our Lord and Savior! We cannot expect God to answer our prayers when our allegiance is divided. In other words, we can’t have each leg in two different canoes. And when we pray, we need to pray knowing with absolute certainty that our God hears and answers! Many times we pray and ask God to take away our troubles, but we pray hoping, not believing. Life would be so much simpler if we accepted the fact that we can’t solve our own problems. Only God can see the big picture, so He alone knows the solution. There’s no problem too big for God to solve, and there’s no tear that prayer cannot wipe away! There is no sadness that God cannot erase! Prayer brings God to the rescue—so instead of waiting until the problem becomes so large that we are swallowed up in the pit of depression, go to God first. Prayer changes everything! Texts: Psalm 50:15, Jeremiah 29:12, Psalm 145:18, Hebrews 4:16.

A Prayer For Today:
Thank you Jesus for another day! Thank you for giving me new grace and new mercy everyday. Thank you for always being by my side. Thank you God that you always hear my prayers and for answering them even when I don't acknowledge you for them. Amen